I am an IT professional with over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, and I have a proven record in the successful transformation and management of organizations through Service and Operational Management. Well-qualified Operations Support Manager bringing Information Technology experience. Dedicated leader with excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Pursuing new growth-oriented career opportunity.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
IT Process Manager
Wipro Technologies
Plano
03.2024 - 12.2024
Managed service level agreements for network solutions to enhance operational reliability.
Coordinated deployment of ITSM tools, ensuring seamless integration and functionality.
Delivered comprehensive documentation and training on ITSM and ITIL.
Executed incident and problem management tasks to minimize service disruptions.
Operations Support Manager
NexGen-Networks
03.2023 - 03.2024
Implemented ITIL V4 Incident Management, Change Management, Access Management, and Vendor Management processes using Jira for project management
Managed the release of ITSM and updates to ServiceNow
Managed the Change Advisory Board
Provided Account Management and KPI reporting to top customers
Led SOC2 Audit
Provided management to a team of NOC engineers
Managed and coordinated software and infrastructure releases
Performed risk management and BRM.
Major Incident Management Process & Change Management Team Lead
HCL
10.2021 - 10.2022
Coordinated Major Incidents until resolution and provided communications to the business and stakeholders
Documented steps taken to troubleshoot and provide Incident resolution using ServiceNow, provide a report, and conduct an After-Action Review meeting
Coordinated and provided Change Management on software and infrastructure changes
Led CAB and Change Collision detection meetings
Provided weekly and monthly metrics on Incidents and Changes
Worked with Service Management peers on Continual Service Improvement activities to improve processes and procedures
Led a team of onshore and offshore resources to provide Incident, Problem, and Change Management.
Senior Release Manager
Co-Op Financial Services
03.2020 - 10.2020
Provided management to the Release management process and team members for Agile projects, using Jira and Smartsheets
Managed Releases to a Cloud environment using Jira and ADO
Coordinated the implementation of ITSM, ServiceNow, and ServiceNow releases
Deployed web based and mobile software to the production environment for PCs, iOS, and Android
Reviewed and approved Change Requests and presented them to CAB
Assisted with DevOps and CICD using Jenkins and Chef tools.
Manager of IT Production Operations – Identity and Access Management
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
10.2015 - 08.2019
Provided leadership to an Agile team of developers and engineers in support of Identity & Access Management software, infrastructure, and services
Managed a support team for COTS, custom software, and infrastructure for all Major Incidents
Provided management to the Release management process and team members for an Agile organization
Managed a SCRUM development team which provided root cause analysis, defect resolution and product enhancements
Provided infrastructure strategy and managed hardware and software implementations and integration across the organization
Implemented Change/Release policies and processes and ensured process compliance
Coordinated Change ticket creation and approvals and presented IAM changes to CAB
Coordinated all activities that pertain to Change and Releases for the Identity and Access Management team, including planning, operational readiness, communications, and implementation.
Head of ITIL Processes & Service Management
Fujitsu
07.2014 - 09.2015
Provided leadership to onshore and offshore IT Service Management and Reporting teams
Developed cost structure, strategic, and financial management for Configuration, Change, Release, Incident, Problem and Reporting teams
Led the development of standardized ITIL policies and processes
Implemented Knowledge Management and a Known Error process to improve Incident Management MTTR and developed repeatable processes and procedures
Coordinated Operational resources to complete PCI Certification.
Solutions Management Team Lead/Sr. Operations Process Specialist
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
04.2011 - 07.2014
Provided leadership to a team of Operations Process Specialists, providing them with training and mentoring
Led Operations projects and process improvement initiatives
Identified and coordinated data center tool automation opportunities
Led the development of an Operations SharePoint site to improve team collaboration across the organization
Implemented a process to manage Internal Service Providers and create OLAs between groups critical to the success of the ITSC
Coordinated the Operational Certification of new servers including the validation of hardware, software and monitoring.
Manager of Service Desk and Incident Management – FRB Treasury Contract
Hewlett Packard
01.2010 - 04.2011
Provided technical and business coordination for multiple teams to manage and restore Major Incidents
Provided leadership and training to a nine-person team to increase ITIL process knowledge and technical knowledge to assist in supporting the contract
Led process effort to improve integration with other ITIL processes (Change, Problem and Configuration Management), including documentation and training to new teams
Implemented a communication and notification process to provide high priority and critical communications across multiple teams and organizations
Led a project to increase First Call Resolution by the Service Desk team, through documentation, training, and the utilization of the Known Error process
Developed and reported on metrics in support of SLAs and KPIs
Provided Disaster Recovery services for the client.
Problem Process Manager – FRB Treasury Contract
Hewlett Packard
11.2007 - 01.2010
Implemented ITSM and Remedy 7 for Incident, Problem, Change and Knowledge Management modules
Across the organization and provided documentation and training
Coordinated team efforts to identify the Root Cause of Infrastructure and Software related problems
Analyzed infrastructure changes, incidents and capacity data to identify trends for proactive problem management
Utilized Six Sigma FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis) to detect risk or potential modes of failure, then identify opportunities to eliminate or mitigate those risks to the infrastructure.
Release Manager/Project Manager
Centex Homes
08.2006 - 09.2007
Coordinated the efforts to develop and test Business Recovery documentation plans
Gathered business requirements for upcoming projects and created business cases and project plans
Researched and developed application monitoring solutions and developed functional requirements for the selection of solutions utilizing Failure Mode and Effects Analysis and Critical to Quality functional selections
Developed, documented and led training for Remedy 6 Incident and Problem management across the IT organization
Implemented Release Management solutions to reduce deployment times and reduce defects introduced by the Change and Release processes
Provided Release Management and Coordination for COTS and Centex developed applications.
Change & Release Manager
Experian-Scorex
10.2002 - 08.2006
Reduced Incidents caused by Change by 60% through the implementation of Change and Release Management
Performed and coordinated Operational Readiness testing including volume testing and monitoring
Coordinated and approved Changes with Development Team and Operations Staff
Reviewed Implementation Plans and provided Launch Assessments on all Changes
Hosted Postmortem Assessments and provided Root Cause Analysis on implementation problems and outages
Managed project teams ranging from 3-15 members to bring projects up to Production Readiness
Designed, built, and implemented a custom change database to track hosted changes
Provided monthly and ad/hoc reports based on metrics related to KPIs in order to evaluate performance against SLA agreements.